Road Maintenance Entity Not Liable for Accident Due to Unproven Causation of Missing Stop Sign

The plaintiff, injured due to a collision at a road junction where a stop sign had been removed without authorization, sued the entity responsible for maintaining the road signs for damages, arguing that the absence of the sign constituted a breach of the duty to maintain safe road conditions. The court rejected the appeal, affirming that while the removal of the sign created a dangerous condition, the entity could not be held liable because there was no evidence establishing a causal link between the unauthorized removal and the accident, as the plaintiff failed to prove that the presence of the stop sign would have prevented the collision.